Sounds situational to their unique upbringing and captive living conditions, not a response that would necessarily occur naturally in the wild. So that even if the bears WILL do this under certain circumstances, it's not proof of normal behavior in their proper environment.

"The two bears are apparently childhood sweethearts, being placed together since they were cubs – but they are unrelated.

The researchers have speculated that the behavior began between the two bears as cubs a response to not being able to suckle on their mothers after they were separated and then continued into adulthood because they simply enjoyed it.

The bears have not had access to female bears so it is unknown if their relationship would endure if they were provided with other options."

I think it could be like prison sex... they're dudes, they need to get off, they don't overthink it. That said, there are same-gender mating pairs that happen in nature in a wide variety of species, without this kind of artificial limitation of their choices.

UndercoverMan saidWho gives a fuck? I do not need validation from other members of the animal kingdom to lead my life how I want and to shove my dick in whatever legal consenting warm hole that comes its way.

It drives me crazy that some of us look to others in the animal kingdom to justify our existence!

This is just for some religious people who believe that homosexuality is not "natural" when in fact it happens everywhere in the animal kingdom.